In school, popularity is a major issue among teens. Being popular raises the means of getting whatever you want and be the “it” girl everyone wants to be with. You are honored and majestic. But how does it feel for those unpopular girls being teased by the people regarded with lots of favors?
In The Tyra Banks Show last night entitled “Trading Popularity: High School Edition”, a couple of girls shared their opinions about being popular and unpopular. Brittany, 16, wants the popular girls what it’s like to be teased. People often talk trash behind her back, making her feel anxious ‘bout her looks and how she talks. Chante, 14, is anxious in talking to others because people make fun of her weight. Melissa, 16, feels that she’s included in an unpopular group in school. Amanda, 16, feels that the reason why she’s unpopular is because of her height.
According to both sides, popularity is determined by how you look. It all means that it is on how you make an impression to other people – how you present yourself and carry out attitude. People see them in a different manner. Unpopular girls call popular girls “plastics”, and so, in the same way, popular girls call unpopular girls “dirt”. Judging popular girls as “plastics” is a common reason why there is something wrong in different social groups. I think it’s in the black market why they do the same thing. “They talk about us, then let’s make them feel the same way” – yah, this attitude.
Tyra shared: “I’m a mean girl before. One time, we were playing a game, them a girl approached us and wants to play with us. But I refused and told her, “its L-O-C-K”, you what that means, L-O-C-K game. You can’t play with us. Then the girl sucked my face. I felt really disgusted”.
Two social experiments were made to make popular girls feel how it’s like to be unpopular. Stepping into someone else’s shoes is the scenario. Kristen (17) and Tamara are members of a popular group in school. A major transformation was made for the experiment and they both had emotional drama subsequently. According to Kristen, she felt like everyone is staring at her and people don’t want to eat beside her. Tamara said that her classmates used fraud words to her and a boy even called her “leprechaun” (<- oh, too much for that!). After the social experiment, the two girls, shared what they’ve learned. According to Tamara, it wasn’t really easy to deal with other people having attitude problems. Even though they don’t know her, they play tricks on her and whatever she tried to share with the class, everyone would just laugh at her and made funny businesses behind her back. For Kristen, being fat (a transformation) made her feel that everyone was bad-mouthing her and criticized her look.
Being “mean” exists everywhere. Whether you know each other or not, people will run down on you. The thing about mean is that the people being grounded by the fact that doing stuffs not good for other people, will make a long lasting impression and emotions (especially to those whom they made fun to). (Both deserve an apology, isn’t it?!). Everyone will try their very best to fit in and make necessary judgments. (Hello?! This is a world full of mocking remarks!) We can’t change this (sad to say!). Everyone should be doing things on their own. But you have to accept the fact that, you will always be you (and not her). Popularity is marked by a confidence. It is the key. Girls should take note that with both groups, the desired popularity is trivial. They should be the leader of their own expedition as part of growing up.
Use your power in a positive way and think whenever you speak. Appreciate whatever you are in school and be successful.
In The Tyra Banks Show last night entitled “Trading Popularity: High School Edition”, a couple of girls shared their opinions about being popular and unpopular. Brittany, 16, wants the popular girls what it’s like to be teased. People often talk trash behind her back, making her feel anxious ‘bout her looks and how she talks. Chante, 14, is anxious in talking to others because people make fun of her weight. Melissa, 16, feels that she’s included in an unpopular group in school. Amanda, 16, feels that the reason why she’s unpopular is because of her height.
According to both sides, popularity is determined by how you look. It all means that it is on how you make an impression to other people – how you present yourself and carry out attitude. People see them in a different manner. Unpopular girls call popular girls “plastics”, and so, in the same way, popular girls call unpopular girls “dirt”. Judging popular girls as “plastics” is a common reason why there is something wrong in different social groups. I think it’s in the black market why they do the same thing. “They talk about us, then let’s make them feel the same way” – yah, this attitude.
Tyra shared: “I’m a mean girl before. One time, we were playing a game, them a girl approached us and wants to play with us. But I refused and told her, “its L-O-C-K”, you what that means, L-O-C-K game. You can’t play with us. Then the girl sucked my face. I felt really disgusted”.
Two social experiments were made to make popular girls feel how it’s like to be unpopular. Stepping into someone else’s shoes is the scenario. Kristen (17) and Tamara are members of a popular group in school. A major transformation was made for the experiment and they both had emotional drama subsequently. According to Kristen, she felt like everyone is staring at her and people don’t want to eat beside her. Tamara said that her classmates used fraud words to her and a boy even called her “leprechaun” (<- oh, too much for that!). After the social experiment, the two girls, shared what they’ve learned. According to Tamara, it wasn’t really easy to deal with other people having attitude problems. Even though they don’t know her, they play tricks on her and whatever she tried to share with the class, everyone would just laugh at her and made funny businesses behind her back. For Kristen, being fat (a transformation) made her feel that everyone was bad-mouthing her and criticized her look.
Being “mean” exists everywhere. Whether you know each other or not, people will run down on you. The thing about mean is that the people being grounded by the fact that doing stuffs not good for other people, will make a long lasting impression and emotions (especially to those whom they made fun to). (Both deserve an apology, isn’t it?!). Everyone will try their very best to fit in and make necessary judgments. (Hello?! This is a world full of mocking remarks!) We can’t change this (sad to say!). Everyone should be doing things on their own. But you have to accept the fact that, you will always be you (and not her). Popularity is marked by a confidence. It is the key. Girls should take note that with both groups, the desired popularity is trivial. They should be the leader of their own expedition as part of growing up.
Use your power in a positive way and think whenever you speak. Appreciate whatever you are in school and be successful.
